Since he doesn't accept prize money, what will he do with that fat check? Seems absolutely crazy to me to not accept it. By the way, why doesn't he accept prize money, especially a check this big?
Since he doesn't accept prize money, what will he do with that fat check? Seems absolutely crazy to me to not accept it. By the way, why doesn't he accept prize money, especially a check this big?
He does accept prize money. It's appearance money that he's not allowed to take.
Can you please explain this?
He can not accept appearance fees??
I would have to believe that he is in high demand at the moment.
Any race would probably love for him to be at their expo.
"He collects prize money from races but refuses sponsorships or appearance fees (as a government employee, he is forbidden from receiving income from other jobs)."
Google it wrote:
"He collects prize money from races but refuses sponsorships or appearance fees (as a government employee, he is forbidden from receiving income from other jobs)."
Wouldn’t prize money from a race be considered income from another job?
Naw...that's a prize. If you work for the government but win the lottery you get to keep that, if you work for the government and also work as a lobbyist that leads to conflict of interest. I'm sure Japan has figured out how to demarcate prize income from work income, and it sounds like this is where the line falls in the Japanese government.
Google it wrote:
Naw...that's a prize. If you work for the government but win the lottery you get to keep that, if you work for the government and also work as a lobbyist that leads to conflict of interest. I'm sure Japan has figured out how to demarcate prize income from work income, and it sounds like this is where the line falls in the Japanese government.
That was my interpretation, too, that it is about conflict of interest. The prize money is there for anybody to win and is transparent. It is clear that as a government employee, nobody is trying to win favoritism from him to steer a government contact, etc.
Sponsorship deals would be a pretty easy way to hide a kickback, since they are secret and fairly variable. The actual deal is fairly wide ranging based on negotiating skills of the athlete (or their agent), which would make it easy to hide kickbacks or other favors. Plus lots of intangibles or subjectivity goes into the deal, with things like social media presence, how "marketable" the athlete seems to be, etc playing a role.
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